Devynn Diggins

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Devynn Diggins is a robotics engineer whose work is transforming how marine biologists collect data from the world’s most inaccessible waters. Her research centers on the design and deployment of autonomous and remotely operated vehicles for environmental sampling, with a particular focus on coastal and nearshore ecosystems. Diggins’s major contribution lies in demonstrating that rapidly dropping costs and increasing robotic capabilities can make remote sample collection feasible in conditions once considered impossible due to expense, location, or risk. Her foundational papers—including *Autonomous vehicles for remote sample collection: Enabling marine research* (2015, 11 citations) and its companion study (2015, 10 citations)—have been instrumental in bridging the gap between engineering and marine science. More recently, her work on a cable-mounted robot for nearshore monitoring (2020, 2 citations) addresses the urgent need to study biodiverse coastal habitats, where over 600 million people live and which are projected to see that number double by 2060. By designing practical, low-cost robotic solutions, Diggins is empowering a new generation of researchers to explore and protect our planet’s critical marine environments.